9:45 PM,
Sep. 18, 2013

Vehicles pass the toll plaza on the New York State Thruway on Aug. 7 in Yonkers. E-ZPass celebrates its 20th anniversary this year.

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Diane Serratore doesn't wear a foil hat and doesn't expect to be a fugitive from the law anytime soon.

But she has a staunch aversion to E-ZPass, the electronic technology that has allowed millions of drivers to prepay tolls on roads, bridges and tunnels in 15 states. For Serratore, who heads Rockland County's largest food pantry, it's a matter of holding onto the final vestiges of her privacy.

"I just feel the government knows plenty about us," the Nyack resident said. "I don't think they need to know when I go across the Tappan Zee Bridge." ...